[Tigers] Several items: door clips and door check rivet

[Jay Laifman]

I got the plastic sleeves for my Alpine when I restored it.  They seemed to
work.  But it's been 25 years.  I don't know why Sunbeam used different
sized holes for the bottom clips of the door panel.  But my door
definitely had factory plastic inserts when I got it, and the holes along
the bottom were bigger to use the sleeves.  This was a very late 1967
Alpine, with the non-peaked headlight rims and license plate lights on the
bumper.

On the door strap mount, on that same Alpine, it was some sort of rivet
type of thing.  I ended up replacing it with little aluminum nut and bolt
that had very flat heads.  The nut was not a nut but basically a screw head
with a threaded hole in the center.  They are readily available at the
hardware store.  But, the aluminum wears out.  So I later replaced it with
a real bolt and lock nut - and I filed down the nut and bolt head to be
very thin.  So far that's working fine.

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 7:24 AM James Armstrong via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 1) In the Sunbeam Specialties catalog, page 20, there is a plastic sleeve
> numbered DP57S that is supposed        to  be used in conjunction with the
> door panel holding clips.They neither seem to fit over the holding clip
> nor      do they seat in the receiving hole. No help from SS on this one.
>
> 2) There is a rivet or bolt that holds the door-strap to the frame as a
> stop. This is not called out in the big                Alpine  parts
> list.nor does Rick carry them. What is this supposed to be. Some Brit sells
> a rivet kit with                washers and cotter pins on e-bay but is
> it correct? What is the correct part and what is its length and
>        diameter?
>
> Best regards to all,
>
> Jim Armstrong
> Mk 1A
> 382002083 LRXFE
> Code 86
> TAC #....
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